Meeting Minutes
Community Development/Engineering Services Building –
CALL TO ORDER – REGULAR MEETING, 6:00 pm
Historic Commissioners Present: Dale Shostrom, Terry Skibby, Keith Swink, Sam Whitford, Allison Renwick,
Tom Giordano, Alex Krach, Kerry Kencairn
Commission Members Absent:
Council Liaison: Russ Sibilger
High School Liaison: None Appointed
SOU Liaison: None Appointed
Staff Present: Planner: Derek Severson; Clerk: Billie Boswell
Mr. Whitford moved to approve the November 3, 2010 minutes as presented and the motion was seconded by Mr. Swink. The minutes were approved unanimously with Mr. Krach and Ms. Kencairn abstaining due to being absent.
PUBLIC FORUM: None
COUNCIL LIAISON’S REPORT: Mr. Sibilger said the Council would be setting goals at their meeting on January 15, 2011. He also commented that this would be his last meeting. A new liaison would be appointed to begin in January.
NEW BUSINESS: Steve Gies from the Ashland Parks Department and Ali True from the Ashland Fire Department explained the Firewise program. Mr. Gies said the Parks Department intends use a grant to upgrade the Parks Building and the old Auto Camp structure and the surrounding landscaping to meet the Firewise standards. This would include replacing the existing comp roof with a metal roof, adding a rock wall and cutting back and trimming the trees and bushes. Ms. Kencairn voiced concern over some of the more contemporary trimming methods described. There was consensus among the Commissioners to support the project feeling it would provide better fire protection to the historic buildings. Commissioners indicated that they believed a standing seam metal roof, with no exposed fasteners, in a brown or bronze color, was compatible for a public building in the context of the upper Lithia Park location, particularly given the low pitch of the roof and resultant difficulties in keeping a composition roof free of moss and flammable debris, and the contact with the ground at the rear of the building. Mr. Sibilger shared that the Council was considering a ban on wood roofs in Ashland as a result of the Oak Knoll fires.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. Review Board Schedule
December 9th |
Terry, Keith, Tom |
December 16th |
Terry, Sam |
December 23rd |
Terry, Allison, Dale |
December 30th |
Terry, Alex, Tom |
January 6th |
Terry, Keith, Kerry |
C. Project Assignments for Planning Actions –
BD-2007-01764 |
160 Helman (Batzer-Comm Bldgs) {Recession Extension approved)} |
Shostrom/Giordano |
PA-2007-01939 |
175 Lithia Wy (formerly 165 Lithia) Archerd & Dresner-Mixed Use Bldg – (Expired 7/25/10) |
Renwick |
BD-2009-01288 |
165 W Fork – New SFR on hillside (Ashley Jensen) (Permit approved-not issued; recession extension expires 2/26/12.) |
Swink/Shostrom |
BD-2009-00711 |
|
Skibby |
PA-2009-00551 |
|
Giordano |
PA-2009-00785 |
255 |
Swink |
BD-2010-00156 |
163 N Pioneer (Intatto Coffee) Coffee shop & roaster (TCO issued 3-17-10) |
Shostrom |
PA-2010-00069 |
175 N Pioneer (Deli) Terrell (no permit) |
Shostrom |
PA-2010-00355 |
550 |
Skibby |
PA-2010-00486 |
820 C St (Ellison) Accessory Structure (no permit) |
Giordano |
BD-2010-00446 |
300 Vista (DeBoer) Elevator (no building final) |
Whitford |
BD-2010-01144 |
|
Shostrom |
BD-2010-01065 |
90 Pioneer/110 Lithia Wy (Singh) Replace doors on Lithia (under construction) |
Shostrom |
PA-2010-00993 |
400 Allison (Robin Biermann) New SFR |
Whitford/Renwick |
PA-2010-01239 |
85 Winburn (Phelps) New Restaurant/Café |
Shostrom |
COMMISSION ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA:
Mr. Krach apologized to the Commissioners for missing last month’s meeting, but that, as a private citizen, had written a letter in opposition to the 85 Winburn Way project. Mr. Severson said the Planning Commission review of the project had been continued to the December 14th meeting. Mr. Whitford shared that a local business person shared with him his concern over parking. Mr. Severson said that staff had included parking mitigation recommendations that the Planning Commission could choose to forward to Council for inclusion in the development agreement.
It was the unanimous decision of the Commission to adjourn the meeting at 6:45 p.m.